Star-studded front rows aren’t the measure of buzz they used to be at Fashion Week, in a time when social media can render a verdict on a new collection virtually in real time. But Tom Ford is an unequivocal exception to that rule. On Wednesday night, Ford opened Fashion Week with a power front row that had Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Anna Wintour, Henry Golding, and Cardi B all seated together. A couple of places down, N.B.A. All-Star Russell Westbrook sat next to Hailee Steinfeld, Adriana Lima, and Elizabeth Debicki.

At the after-party, held behind the runway, Crazy Rich Asians star Golding was reflecting on his Fashion Week debut . . . sort of. “You know, I was a hair stylist before . . . I used to be back there,” he said, gesturing to the backstage door, where the models were just beginning to emerge. Golding, a British TV presenter who broke out with Crazy Rich Asians and soon appears in the thriller A Simple Favor, admitted that sitting next to Wintour, he had “cotton mouth the entire time. Luckily, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were next to her. I had had dinner with Rita and [A Simple Favor director] Paul Feig. And so they came over they were like ‘Henry, we saw the movie!’ and I was like, “Wait, wait, wait. Tom Hanks is telling me he loved my movie!”

Golding plays a supporting role to Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in his new film, but the success of Crazy Rich Asians means you’re likely to see much more of him in the promos. “Because of the outrageous outpouring for Crazy Rich Asians, they started changing the posters [for A Simple Favor],” Golding said. “We started doing photo shoots and they started putting me on the poster. So that’s a direct effect from Crazy Rich Asians.”

And the film’s success has been reflected in Golding’s closet, too. “Even when we were beginning to put everything together for the production [of Crazy Rich Asians], people were like ‘Crazy Rich Asians? No, we can’t lend you clothes for that.’ Everybody had to buy all the clothes because no one would lend out for us. Not a single person.” The fashion houses were a little more forthcoming, Golding admitted, for his Simple Favor co-stars. “For Blake Lively? They were like, ‘Louboutins, please!’”

Golding may be ready to make the most of his first Fashion Week, but at least one of his front-row companions already seemed ready for a break. Hanks, who said that Ford’s clothing “fits me perfectly,” had a quick response when asked if he had more fashion shows on his agenda: “Dear God, no. This is it.”

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